Chauzane , Lefu Andries (L A)

14 Sep 2026: Pro Patria Medal added -- database-wide sweep for SADF Border War operational-area deaths within the medal's gazetted window (25 Jun 1976 - 27 Apr 2003), per the warrant's died-before-qualifying-period provision. See PersonAward.Citation for the gazette references.
14 Sep 2026: Pro Patria Medal added earlier today REVERTED -- John obtained the actual Government Gazette (GG 5171/5575); the "died before completing the qualifying period" provision relied on does not exist in the primary text (it was a secondary-source claim). Actual Rule 5 requires (a) combat/enemy-caused incident, (b) a Ministerially-acknowledged operation (clasp), or (c) 55+ continuous/90+ non-continuous days in an operational area -- none of which this record's cause of death clearly demonstrates.
Mike Sandham's research log ("List 1"), imported 16 Sep 2026, credited to The South Africa War Graves Project unless his entry says otherwise: gives ServiceNo 8776629BW against this record's 87766291. This record IS the first of a run of 2 consecutive records sharing '87766291', so the stored number is most likely the genuine one and the others are copies of it. Mike's differs; not resolved. Flagged, not changed.
25 Sep 2026, Unit2 service-branch sweep: the stored Secondary Unit "Army" was CLEARED as a duplicate. It was not a sub-unit, it was a service-branch word repeating what the Branch column already says. Secondary Unit is for sub-units -- a company, a squadron, a commando -- and this record's branch of service is unchanged at "Army".
30 Sep 2026: SERVICE NUMBER CONFLICT, NOT CHANGED: DB holds 87766291 (9 digits, no suffix). Col (rt) Graham du Toit Last Post 30 Sep 2026 gives 8776629BW (7 digits + BW suffix) -- a plausible transcription-direction error either way, not assumed. Same name/date/cause/unit/age otherwise match. Flagging only.